1. index ['ɪndeks]
n. 指标;指数;索引;指针v. 指出;编入索引中
There's even a special subject index. 甚至有一个特别的主题索引。
2. hitherto [hɪðə'tuː]
adv. 迄今;至今
The ruling party is likely to be opened up to let in people hitherto excluded. 执政党可能会放开政策,吸纳迄今被排斥在外的人士。
3. impulse ['ɪmpʌls]
n. 冲动;[电子] 脉冲;刺激;神经冲动;推动力
I don't know how to resist my impulse. 我不知道怎样抑制自己的感情冲动。
4. indulge [ɪn'dʌldʒ]
v. 满足;纵容;使高兴;使沉迷于…
He did not agree with indulging children. 他不同意娇惯孩子。
5. inquiry [ɪn'kwaɪrɪ]
n. 探究;调查;质询
We all desire your early reply to this inquiry. 我们都希望你对此询问尽早答复。
6. lean [liːn]
v. 倾斜;倚靠;倾向;依赖adj. 瘦的;贫乏的,歉收的
She was feeling tired and was glad to lean against him. 她感到累了,乐意靠在他身上。
7. revolutionary [revə'luːʃ(ə)n(ə)rɪ]
adj. 革命的;旋转的;大变革的n. 革命者
Do you know anything about the revolutionary movement? 你对这次革命运动有什么了解吗?
8. isolate ['aɪsəleɪt]
v. 使隔离;使孤立;使绝缘
This policy could isolate the country from the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
这项政策可能会将这个国家从联合国安理会的其他常任理事国中孤立出来。
9. supervise ['suːpəvaɪz]
v. 监督,管理;指导
We must supervise and speed up the fulfilment of assigned tasks. 已经布置了的工作, 应当认真督促检查。
10. superstition [,suːpə'stɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 迷信
Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition. 算命是一种透着迷信色彩的十分低级的把戏。